未来，全美“人人平等”，大家的智商都基本一致——不太高。然而主人公哈里森·伯吉朗却比身边的人更聪明，他为此去进行手术，却发现了幕后的秘密……

The year is 1949 and reporter Hugh Jameson is looking for a story. He focuses on Emma Porter, a woman who was accused of the axe murder of her father thirty seven years earlier. Jameson disappears during his search and his wife hires Charles Ripley P.I. to find him. Ripley's search leads him to Emma's son who has his own nasty secrets to protect.